DETROIT — Only the shower shoes, squeaking their way along the carpet the Indians once soaked with champagne, disrupted the silence after the Indians’ loss Monday night at Comerica Park.

Yan Gomes sat and faced his locker as he gorged on his postgame meal. Dan Otero scarfed down a slice of pizza as he walked toward the showers. Evan Marshall, his right arm wrapped, sat in his black leather chair. A clubhouse attendant collected wet towels and other laundry in a blue bin.

About every other day, the postgame scene has featured less chatter than a library after closing.

The postgame victory scenes, on the other hand, involve thumping bass and maybe even a few smiles. Those sights have happened just as frequently, but that’s not the team’s aim.

The Indians have registered 40 results. When he presided over the operation in Cleveland, Mark Shapiro subscribed to Sparky Anderson’s old mantra of withholding concrete judgments about teams...